Toohey

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Justice of the High Court of Australia judge person

Toohey is an Australian High Court justice best known for his role in landmark decisions such as Mabo v Queensland (No 2), which recognized native title rights.

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Surface form	Occurrences
John Leslie Toohey	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Justice of the High Court of Australia ⓘ judge ⓘ person ⓘ
appointedBy	Bob Hawke NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Australian constitutional interpretation ⓘ Indigenous rights in Australia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Australia ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Toohey NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ law ⓘ native title law ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	High Court justice in Dietrich v The Queen ⓘ High Court justice in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ⓘ High Court justice in Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd ⓘ High Court justice in Wik Peoples v Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to Australian constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ landmark judgments on Indigenous land rights ⓘ recognition of native title in Australia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Australian legal system ⓘ
memberOf	Federal Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
middleName	Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTitleDecision	Mabo v Queensland (No 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wik Peoples v Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Dietrich v The Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabo v Queensland (No 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ Wik Peoples v Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	barrister ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Aboriginal Land Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Judge of the Federal Court of Australia ⓘ Justice of the High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Mabo v Queensland (No 2) → majorityJudges → Toohey ⓘ